US President Joe Biden is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to Tel Aviv in October 2023. Reuters
Will Joe Biden be missed in the Middle East?

The US President's legacy will be tarnished by Israel's war in Gaza Strip, experts say

July 22, 2024, 2:46 PM
A farmer collects his dead livestock, killed by Israeli bombardment that hit a farm along the hills of the village Jezzine in southern Lebanon. AFP
South Lebanon's vital livestock farming disrupted by Israel's relentless bombing

Nine months of constant attacks have wreaked devastation across vital traditional industry

July 19, 2024, 6:00 PM
Relatives and friends mourn over the bodies of three children killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon. AFP
Family of Syrian children killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon struggle for answers

'I don't know why this happened – for five months, nothing had happened, we were never targeted,' says father of one of the three boys killed by a drone

July 17, 2024, 3:09 PM
Syrian tycoon Mohammed Baraa Katerji, left, who was assassinated on Monday, had close ties with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, right.
Syrian tycoon Katerji's links with Iran may have been fatal

Mohammad Baraa Katerji, one of Syria's richest men, was killed in a suspected Israeli air strike

July 16, 2024, 5:05 PM
Riad Salameh is suspected of having embezzled more than $330 million in public money through a slush fund set up at Lebanon's central bank when he was governor. Reuters
Lebanon's central bank joins inquiry into alleged corruption by Salameh

French lawyer William Bourdon tells The National he expects a trial in France by 2025

July 15, 2024, 5:30 AM
Israeli police and soldiers block a road as smoke rises in the background after two people were critically wounded by a rocket in the Golan Heights. EPA
Israel strikes Syrian targets in Golan after assassinating Hezbollah weapons man

Sources say that Hassan Nasrallah's former bodyguard Yasser Kranbish was targeted by Israel for his role in smuggling weapons from Syria

July 10, 2024, 4:26 PM
An Israeli fighter jet fires flares as it intercepts a projectile launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon. AFP
Israel threatens war with Hezbollah will continue even with Gaza truce

The militant group announced the death of one of its fighters on Monday

July 08, 2024, 9:22 AM
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, second from right, meets a Hamas delegation led by Khalil Al Hayya, second from left, at an undisclosed location in Lebanon.  AFP
Hamas informs Hezbollah of agreement on ceasefire proposal

Deliberation continues in Qatar where the Mossad chief is set to meet mediators

July 05, 2024, 11:29 AM
Once ignited, wildfires are also difficult to control, and spread easily, because rescue teams have a hard time reaching the location due to constant Israeli shelling. Matt Kynaston for The National.
War and heat threaten Lebanon with a summer of wildfires

Abnormally high temperatures, drought and incendiary weapons are fuelling the spread of dangerous fires in southern Lebanon

July 05, 2024, 6:17 AM
Lebanon's Deir Ammar power station in the northern city of Tripoli could be a potential target if war breaks out between Hezbollah and Israel. AFP
Israel and Hezbollah threaten to devastate power grids in war

Experts fear that infrastructure vital to every day life will be put out of action, affecting millions of civilians

July 03, 2024, 1:03 PM
Rockets launched from Lebanon into Israel are intercepted. Reuters
Countries urge their citizens to leave Lebanon amid fears of war

Germany and the Netherlands are the latest to issue warnings as Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah trade fire across the border

June 27, 2024, 5:47 PM
Migrants leaving a reception centre on the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus. AP
Prague to lead safety mission to Syria as refugees pressed to return

EU countries increase calls for reassessment of blanket protection granted to Syrians since 2011

June 24, 2024, 12:37 PM
A woman walks past a branch of Creditbank in Beirut. Reuters
Lebanon judiciary orders former Creditbank chairman to court

The charges against the Lebanese bank include fraudulent bankruptcy, forgery, money laundering, and tax evasion

June 19, 2024, 5:24 PM
Riad Salameh holding a news briefing as Lebanon's Central Bank Governor in Beirut in December 2018. Reuters
Germany cancels arrest warrant for Riad Salameh, but charges remain

The German judiciary has been investigating Lebanon's former central bank chief over charges including forgery and money laundering since 2021

June 19, 2024, 1:00 PM
An oil tanker carrying fuel oil from Iraq is seen anchored near the Zahrani power plant near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. AFP
Lebanon plans to rely on Iraqi fuel despite unpaid bills

Beirut's complex import scheme to be extended until 2028, further delaying green transition

June 19, 2024, 6:04 AM